Somebody once told me
If you’re misundertood, it’s your fault
You’re responsible, not the other party
Because
You’re responsible for the words that came out of your mouth
That you say them in a way the meaning is correctly put across
That the meaning which leaves your mouth
is the same meaning received at the other end
That your speech attains its desired [...]
“Perhaps it is to restrain factionalism, arbitrate disagreements, groom and assess future leaders, that the positions of senior minister and minister mentor have been institutionalised,” said Mr Ho, who feels the PAP’s “extraordinary cohesion” over five decades has owed much to “the forceful personality of Lee Kuan Yew”. — Newspaper Article “Possble Singapores, beyond Lee [...]
“Love can Overcome All Obstacles.” (Sounds great)
But One Obstacle is Enough to Hinder it.
Isn’t it?
Idealism?
Or
Scepticism? or Cynicism? or Realism?
The more
We should treasure it…
“A single death is a tragedy. A million deaths is a statistic.” — Stalin, Joseph.
There is a phrase people use:
“I’m not getting any younger.”
“Getting any younger”?
Chronologically, it doesn’t make sense, right?
How do we “get any younger”?
I wonder =)
Thank you Susan Boyle…
For that Huge Lesson
“We were all laughing at you;
no one is laughing at you now.”
You have put us all to shame
For who are we to place judgement on anybody else
Yes it’s a huge “wake-up call”
To remind us of our self-conceit, our cynicism
To look ourselves in the mirror
For the shame we so readily [...]
She:
“We were both young when I first saw you
I close my eyes and the flashback starts
I’m standing there on a balcony in summer air
See the lights, see the party, the ball gowns
See you make your way through the crowd and say, ‘Hello’
Little did I know…
That you were Romeo
You were throwing pebbles
And my daddy said, ‘Stay [...]
Dreams
are
true
while
they
last
And
do
we
not
Live
in
Dreams
“Dreams are true while they last, and do we not live in dreams?” — Lord Tennyson, Alfred. The Higher Pantheism.
“I dream, therefore I exist.” — Strindberg, August. A Madman’s Defense.
Are we Madmen all…